A pilot scale machine for tunnel boring research.

Author(s)
Hignett, H.J. & Howard, T.R.
Year
Abstract

The development and design of a pilot-scale boring machine with a one meter diameter head for rock cutting research. The machine has three main uses: 1) the testing of a small number of full size rock cutting tools;2) the study of ¼ to 1/8 scaled model of large arrays of cutting tools and 3) the development and proofing of instrumentation.

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Library number
B 6497 [electronic version only] /25/54/ IRRD 211338
Source

Crowthorne, Transport and Road Research Laboratory TRRL, 1974, 19 p., 13 fig., 8 ref.; TRRL report LR 632.

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